PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 7 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION GRACE
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003
CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS
MUCH OF EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT. FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES EXTEND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY OVER TO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST TEXAS INTO
MONDAY. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE PINE ISLAND AT SOUR LAKE AND FOR PEACH CREEK AT SPENDORA.
ALL OTHER WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
AT 10 PM CDT...03Z...THE SURFACE LOW WAS FOUND NEAR LATITUDE 31.3
NORTH...97.2 WEST...25 MILES SOUTH OF WACO TEXAS.
GRACE IS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN THAT RATE OF PROGRESSION OVERNIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 10 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
IS 30.43 INCHES...1010 MB.
SELECTED STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS IN INCHES
VALID 00Z (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STORM TOTAL
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BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR TX 4.35
GALVESTON TX 2.72
HOUSTON DW HOOK ASOS TX 2.13
HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT TX 1.76
HOUSTON WILL HOBBY ASOS TX 1.67
ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSON TX 1.43
CONROE AIRPORT TX 1.42
COLLEGE STATION TX 1.27
HUNTSVILLE TX 1.19
LAKE CHARLES LA 1.09
LUFKIN TX 0.68
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TO
ACCUMULATE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...WEST ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A SLOW MOVING
FRONT INTERACTS WITH THE RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ASSOCIATED
WITH GRACE.
REPEATING...AT 10 PM CDT...03Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GRACE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...97.2 WEST...MOVING
NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 10
MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 30.43 INCHES OR 1010 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON
GRACE WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 AM CDT.
PEREIRA